In this paper, we investigate one particular dimension of corporate governance, namely board composition, and present empirical evidence regarding its relationship with performance on French equities. To this end, we build our own board index combining six board provisions which are commonly...

This paper presents causal evidence of the effects of boardroom networks on firm value. We exploit exogenous variation in network centrality arising from a ban on interlocking directorates of Italian financial and insurance companies. We leverage this shock to show that firms that become more...